The state figure is the tax the bonus really costs you, not a flat withholding percentage.
What Comes Out of a Bonus
From a $10,000 bonus on a $75,000 salary you keep about $7,035 in a state with no income tax, once the flat 22% federal withholding, 6.2% Social Security and 1.45% Medicare come out. Where the state taxes income, expect a few hundred dollars more to go: about $885 in California, $540 in New York, $499 in Georgia and $307 in Pennsylvania. The table below has all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and the calculator above uses your own salary and bonus.
A bonus is not taxed at a special higher rate. It is ordinary income. What makes it feel different is withholding: the IRS calls a bonus a supplemental wage, and when it is paid separately from your salary most employers withhold a flat 22% for federal income tax, plus Social Security at 6.2% up to the 2026 wage base of $184,500 and Medicare at 1.45% with no cap. Above $1 million of supplemental wages in one year, the federal rate on the excess is 37%.
Then your state takes its share, and that is where the number on your check really changes. Nine states take nothing at all. In the rest, a bonus is taxed with the same brackets as the rest of your pay, so what it costs depends on what you already earn.
Withholding Is Not the Tax You Owe
This is the part most bonus pages skip. The flat 22% is a withholding rule, not a tax rate. At the end of the year the bonus is added to your other income and taxed at your real rate, and the difference is settled on your return.
- If your income keeps you in the 12% bracket, withholding 22% takes more than you owe, and the extra comes back in your refund.
- If you are in the 24% bracket or higher, withholding 22% takes less than you owe, and the rest is due in April.
The table below does the same job for the state part: the state income tax the bonus really causes, computed with your state's 2026 brackets on top of the salary you already earn, instead of a flat withholding percentage.
What You Keep from a $10,000 Bonus, Every State
Single filer, $75,000 salary before the bonus, no pre-tax deductions. Federal withholding at 22%, Social Security, Medicare, and the extra state income tax the bonus causes. Ordered by what you keep.
| State | State income tax on the bonus | Total taken | You keep | Share kept |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| Florida | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| Nevada | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| New Hampshire | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| South Dakota | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| Tennessee | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| Texas | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| Washington | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| Wyoming | none | $2,965 | $7,035 | 70.3% |
| North Dakota | $195 | $3,160 | $6,840 | 68.4% |
| Arizona | $250 | $3,215 | $6,785 | 67.8% |
| Ohio (before school district and city tax) | $282 | $3,247 | $6,753 | 67.5% |
| Indiana (before county tax) | $295 | $3,260 | $6,740 | 67.4% |
| Louisiana | $300 | $3,265 | $6,735 | 67.3% |
| Pennsylvania (before local earned income tax) | $307 | $3,272 | $6,728 | 67.3% |
| Kentucky (before local occupational tax) | $350 | $3,315 | $6,685 | 66.8% |
| Arkansas | $370 | $3,335 | $6,665 | 66.6% |
| Rhode Island | $375 | $3,340 | $6,660 | 66.6% |
| Iowa | $380 | $3,345 | $6,655 | 66.5% |
| North Carolina | $399 | $3,364 | $6,636 | 66.4% |
| Mississippi | $400 | $3,365 | $6,635 | 66.3% |
| Michigan | $425 | $3,390 | $6,610 | 66.1% |
| Colorado | $440 | $3,405 | $6,595 | 66.0% |
| Oklahoma | $450 | $3,415 | $6,585 | 65.8% |
| Nebraska | $455 | $3,420 | $6,580 | 65.8% |
| West Virginia | $458 | $3,423 | $6,577 | 65.8% |
| Missouri (Kansas City and St. Louis add 1%) | $470 | $3,435 | $6,565 | 65.6% |
| New Mexico | $475 | $3,440 | $6,560 | 65.6% |
| Maryland (before county tax) | $475 | $3,440 | $6,560 | 65.6% |
| Illinois | $495 | $3,460 | $6,540 | 65.4% |
| Georgia | $499 | $3,464 | $6,536 | 65.4% |
| Alabama (before city occupational tax) | $500 | $3,465 | $6,535 | 65.3% |
| Massachusetts | $500 | $3,465 | $6,535 | 65.3% |
| Idaho | $530 | $3,495 | $6,505 | 65.0% |
| New York (New York City and Yonkers add their own tax) | $540 | $3,505 | $6,495 | 65.0% |
| Kansas | $558 | $3,523 | $6,477 | 64.8% |
| Montana | $565 | $3,530 | $6,470 | 64.7% |
| Virginia | $575 | $3,540 | $6,460 | 64.6% |
| Utah | $580 | $3,545 | $6,455 | 64.5% |
| Wisconsin | $594 | $3,559 | $6,441 | 64.4% |
| Connecticut | $600 | $3,565 | $6,435 | 64.3% |
| New Jersey | $629 | $3,594 | $6,406 | 64.1% |
| Delaware | $660 | $3,625 | $6,375 | 63.7% |
| Vermont | $660 | $3,625 | $6,375 | 63.7% |
| South Carolina | $663 | $3,628 | $6,372 | 63.7% |
| Maine | $675 | $3,640 | $6,360 | 63.6% |
| Minnesota | $680 | $3,645 | $6,355 | 63.6% |
| Hawaii | $760 | $3,725 | $6,275 | 62.7% |
| District of Columbia | $828 | $3,793 | $6,207 | 62.1% |
| Oregon | $875 | $3,840 | $6,160 | 61.6% |
| California (plus SDI of 1.3%) | $885 | $3,850 | $6,150 | 61.5% |
The Nine States That Take Nothing
Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no state income tax on wages, so a bonus there is reduced only by federal withholding and FICA. New Hampshire taxed interest and dividends until the end of 2024, never wages, so bonuses there are untouched too.
Local taxes are a separate story and are not in the table. New York City and Yonkers, most Maryland counties, many Ohio and Pennsylvania municipalities, Kansas City and St. Louis, and Indiana counties all tax wages including bonuses.
How This Is Calculated
The state figure is worked out the honest way: we compute your state tax on salary plus bonus, then on the salary alone, and the difference is what the bonus costs you in state tax. That is the amount you actually owe, rather than the flat supplemental percentage an employer may withhold. Every state's 2026 brackets, standard deduction and personal exemption or credit come from the same code that runs our paycheck calculator, so the two pages cannot disagree.